PR brief for Saga Media landed by recently launched specialist ‘later life’ creative agency

February 7, 2023
PR brief for Saga Media landed by recently launched specialist ‘later life’ creative agency

Anything But Grey, the specialist Bristol-based creative agency for businesses seeking to engage with a 50-plus audience, has been appointed by Saga to handle consumer PR for the launch of its new digital media brand. Saga Media is a new division of Saga, the long-established group that provides a range...

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New staff recruited by events firm Ignition as it gets fired up by a strong post-pandemic recovery

February 6, 2023
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Bristol-based exhibition, events and experience designer firm Ignition has taken on four new senior staff members as it continues its bounce back from the impact of Covid-19 on the industry. While the pandemic triggered a temporary-but-total shutdown of live events and exhibitions, Ignition responded at speed and developed new creative...

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TV and media industry figure joins Ultraleap as an SVP it looks to get its touchless tech into more hands

February 6, 2023
TV and media industry figure joins Ultraleap as an SVP it looks to get its touchless tech into more hands

Bristol-based pioneering hand-tracking software firm Ultraleap is continuing on its mission to remove boundaries between physical and digital worlds by recruiting the former group head of TV product at Vodafone. Miguel Rodrigues, pictured, joins Ultraleap as senior vice president (SVP) of product from Kaltura, a video streaming company that...

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Partner returns to Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office to strengthen its corporate team

February 6, 2023
Partner returns to Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office to strengthen its corporate team

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has continued to expand the corporate team in its Bristol office with the appointment of Louise Grzasko as a partner. Louise, pictured, returns to Osborne Clarke after more than six years with Cheltenham-based BPE Solicitors, where she held the position of partner and head...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

February 4, 2023
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Monday February 6 Trading announcement: Darktrace Economic announcements: PMI Construction, Halifax House Price Index Tuesday February 7 Finals: BP, Kosmos Energy, React Group Interims: Genus, Mattioli Woods, Alumasc Group, Feedback Trading announcements: SSE, Syncona Economic announcement: Retail Sales Wednesday February 8 Finals: Hardide, Smurfit Kappa Group Interims: Ashmore Group,...

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The LAST WORD: Fiona O’Kane, head of Bristol office, Womble Bond Dickinson

February 3, 2023
The LAST WORD: Fiona O’Kane, head of Bristol office, Womble Bond Dickinson

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Fiona O’Kane, a partner and head of international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched: The Banshees of Inisherin....

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City centre office market bounces back as creative and tech firms engage in race for prime space

February 3, 2023
City centre office market bounces back as creative and tech firms engage in race for prime space

Bristol’s buoyant tech and creative sectors are helping the city’s office market recover from the impact of the pandemic – with headline rents ahead of other major regional cities, including Birmingham and Manchester, according to new research. The tech, media and telecoms sector, along with professional services and co-working...

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Takeover puts specialist insurance group on course to double in size over three years

February 3, 2023
Takeover puts specialist insurance group on course to double in size over three years

Bristol insurance specialist the Hayes Parsons Group has strengthened its position in the market with the acquisition of professional indemnity insurance broker Ntegrity Insurance Solutions. Based in Hambrook on Bristol’s outskirts and established in 2007, Ntegrity is a specialist professional indemnity insurance broker.  Hayes Parsons, one of the UK’s...

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Funding for Bristol scheme aiming to plant trees on disused corporate land in war against climate change

February 3, 2023
Funding for Bristol scheme aiming to plant trees on disused corporate land in war against climate change

A tech platform set up by a Bristol social enterprise to link community tree-planting groups with businesses that have unused land has secured funding to help it grow into a national operation. Called Project Vana, the platform has been devised by TISCreport, a business set up in in 2016...

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